Biscuit-machine.



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ALEXANDRE POUEY, OF MARSEILLES, FRANCE.

BISCUIT-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 651,885, dated June 19, 1900.

Application filed May a, 1899. Serial No. 715,397. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I,"ALEXANDRE POUEY, a citizen of the Republic of France, residing at Marseilles, France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Biscuit-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my present invention is to provide a machine for cutting biscuits and arranging same upon plates or grates before inserting them into the oven.

The improvements consist in the features of construction and combination of parts, fully described and claimed hereinafter.

In order that this my invention may be the more readily understood and carried into effect or practice, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved machine. Fig. 2 is a planview, and Fig. 3 an end view, of same. Fig. 4 is a cross-section on line X Y of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a crosssection on line U V of Fig. 1.

Like letters and numerals refer to like parts throughout all the figures.

The improved machine is composed of a frame a, on which is mounted the main shaft b, actuated by means of a crank or other mechanical device 0. On said frame is mounted or arranged a guide (1, provided with three slots of g, e being a. horizontal slot and f g vertical slots. In said horizontal slot e works a carriage-mold h, actuated by a connecting rod or link t, pivotally secured to crank-arm 3' 5 j, made integral with toothed wheel 10, meshing with wheel Z, mounted on the main shaft 1). In said slot ,7 works a hollow stamper m, actuated by link 'n, eccentrically connected with toothed wheel 0, meshing with wheel 19, mounted on the main shaft 1). In said slot g works a solid stamper q, actuated by link 1, pivotally secured to crank-arm s, keyed on shaft 15, carrying a second crank-arm a, connected with link o, the other end of'which is eccentrically connected with toothed wheel 0 at the same point as link n.

At the fore part of the machine I arrange two cylinders w and 00, the one above the other, between which moves an endless band .2, made of cloth or other suitable material.

Said cylinder to is actuated by a link y, pivotally connected with a crankarm 1, keyed on one end of the main shaft I). Said link y is connected with a double crank-arm 2,keyed on the one hand, upon the shaft of cylinder to and, on the other hand, on the shaft of a sprocket wheel 3, transmitting movement from cylinder w to another sprocket-wheel 4 by means of a suitable chain 5, said sprocketwheel 4 being keyed on the shaft of cylinder 6, around which extends the feed or endless band .2 to return back to the loose cylinder 7. Said cylinder 11: actuates cylinder 00 through the agency of gear-wheels S and 9.

At the rear of the machine I provide a cylinder 10, carrying at its end a sprocket-wheel 11, around which extends a chain 12, carrying plates or grates 13, serving to receive the biscuits after the cutting operation and to convey them into the oven. Said cylinder 10 is actuated by means of a chain extending around wheels 14 and 15, keyed on the ends of the shafts of cylinders 10 and 6, so that the movement of the conveying-chain is integral with that of the feed-band and may be controlled or regulated in proportion with the movement of said feed-band, and vice versa.

It will be seen that all transmission parts of the machine are repeated on each side thereof, except link y, crank-arms 1 and 2, and wheels 8 and 9.

The carriage-mold is composed of a sliding frame 16 and a block 17, on the under side of which are secured cutters or punches the bottoms of which are provided with dies 17 or the like, serving to make the desired impression (trade-marks, &c.)-on the biscuits. Between said frame 16 and block 17 I arrange springs 18, serving to lift the block as the same is moved between the above-named Stampers. Said block 17 is furthermore provided with several openings receiving plungers or equivalents 19, normally held in lifted position by the action of springs 20.

The operation of the improved machine is as follows: The pastry is brought between the cylinders 20 and m by the feed-band z, where said pastry is brought to the desired thickness and then conveyed under the mold h above cylinder 6. At this moment the stamper m will be depressed to press upon the edges of block 17, whereby the latter is forced to merge into the pastry, which is cutand marked'a'nd from which said block removes the biscuits as soonas Stamper in is raised by reason of the action of said springs 18, which raise the block and sliding frame. As the mold is moved under Stamper q the latter presses with its under side' upon. the plungers 19, and thus forces the biscuits to leave the cutters or punches. The biscuits. are received upon the plates or grates 13 and conveyed into the oven by the chains 12.

Itwillbe seen that the endlessband zextends only under the first stamper at that end of the machine or, in other words, to the point wherethe pastry is cut into biscuit and the latter-removed, and that the plate-conveyer 13 does not extend beyond the second Stamper or to the pointwhere the biscuits fall from i the punches. Thus thereis an open space be-:

tween th'etwo conveying parts-that is, be-

tween the rollers 6 and 10which space serves for the dropping from the endless belt of the waste pastry from the cutting operations.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is

. mold, devices for conveying the cut biscuit to thereof to remove the biscuit therefrom,

means for bringing the pastry under the an oven, andmeans for actuating thevarious parts. i

'2. A machine of the class described, comprising a movable mold, suitable mechanism for reciprocating said mold, two stampers, suitable mechanism for reciprocating said .stampers, an endless feed-band for bringing pastry to be cut under the mold, suitable mechanism for mechanically actuating said feed-band; plates carried by chains for removing the cut biscuits, suitable devices for actuating said platesand chains, and amain shaft for actuating said mechanism and de- ,vices,'s ubstantially as set forth.

3. A machine of the class described, comprising a movable mold, a sliding frame serving to convey or carry said mold, suitable mechanism for actuating said'slidiug frame,

'gers, devices for bringing the pastry to be under the mold and removing the cut his cuits, mechanism for actuating the Various devices, and a main shaft for'actuating all the parts, substantially as set forth.

ALEXANDRE POUEY. Witnesses:

D. LARROUSSINIE, C; LAURENT. 

